Printing and perforating machine



April 14, 1931. j w, BRYCE 1,800,596

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PRINTING AND PERFORATING MACHINE Filed April 8, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 4awueutoz James BYHCQ April 14, 1931. J. w; BRYCE I PRINTING ANDPERFORATING MACHINE Filed April 8, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 amvewiioz D Joimgs BTHCQ. Misfit/tom EE Z mama A r. 14. 1931 UNITED STATES, PATENTOFFICE runs w. BRYCE, 'oE BLOOMIIELD, NEw JERSEY, ASSIGNOB are THETA'BULATING m- 7 cm comm. E ENDIGOT'I, NEW YORK, A ooRronA'rIo or NEWJERSEY rnm'rms AND rrnronarmo mcrmm Application filed April 8,1927.Serial 110. 181,960.

This invention relates to perforating machines and more particularly toa combined printing and perforating machine.

It has been known in the prior art to actuate printing and perforatingelements, simultaneously by a common operating means. In

such devicesfthe printing and perforating operations were so linked upthat upon the printing operation, the perforating operationautomatically occurred without further control of the operator. As 'aresult, in case the operator actuated the wrong printing element, thecorresponding wrong perforating element would automatically be actuatedand incorrectly pimch a redord. Consequently, said record would bespoiled and would have to be discarded, and a new'record would have tobe perforated all over again. The disadvantages of such a procedure areobvious.

to It has also been known in the prior art to simultaneously select aprinting element and p 'a corresponding perforating element by a. singleselecting device. In ,such cases, the complete selection of punches, toperforate a 125 record, was first made, and then all the punchesoperated simultaneously to perforate the record in the manner of a gangpunch. If an error was detected by the operator, he was compelled tocancel or void the entire so prior selection of the punches and to startanew the same printing and punch selecting operation. The disadvantageof this system is the waste of time and inconvenience and lack ofeconomy of operation.

The object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of.the previous systems by devising a combined typewriter and perforatingmachine wherein the printing elements and the corresponding punching 49elements are individually selected by a com mon selecting means andwherein a separate punch operating means is provided to operate thepunches one at a time subsequent to the selecting operations of thepunches. In this machine therefor, ifan error be detected, it

is merely necessary to avoid actuation of the punch operating means andto cancel selection of a single selected wrong punch, with- 'outinterfering with the previous printing and punch selecting operations.

A further object of this invention is to provlde an improvedelectrically operated percorresponding printing elements.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a singleselecting means adapted to either control printing and perforating elements for connected operation, printing elements alone without thepunching elements, or punching elements alone without the printing.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will be obviousfrom the following particular description of one form of mechanismembodying the invention or from an inspection of the accompanyingdrawings; and the invention also constitutes certain new and novelfeatures of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forthand claimed. r

In the accompanying drawings -1 have shown for the purpose ofillustration one form of mechanism embodying the invention in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a typewriter; parts being shown insection and showing my mechanism attached for controlling theperforating of a record card.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the contact closing bar cooperating with oneof the contacts of the punching mechanism.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of a special contact in one of its severalpositions.

ig. 4 is a plan view ofa control device for controlling the operationsof the machine.

Fig. 5 is a front elevat-ional view of the perforating machine used inconjunction with my, invention.

forating device controlled by the selection of Fig. 6 is a detail of thepunch showing one Figs 7 and 8'showing a modification of my invention.

Fig. 12 is an enlarged detail of the mechanism shown in Fig. 9 and alsoincludes the modification shown in Fig. 11.

.Referring to Figl, an embodiment of'the invention selected for thepurposes of the present disclosure to illustrate the principles involvedand a preferred, practical application of the same is shown inconjunction with a striking bar typewriting machine having a main frameindicated generally at 10 which may be of the usual or any suitablevariety; adjacent the rear of which is supported a carriage 11 includinga platen roll 12. At 13 is a suitable ribbon supporting and'feedingmechanism. The carriage is moved longitudinally by suitable motive meansand its movement is controlled or spaced by a spacing bar 14. Thetypewriter also comprises the usual numeral and letter keys 48, 49, 5.1and 52, respectively, see Fig.. 9. In the typewriter used in conjunctionwith my invention the I key 51 is used for the numeral one positions.A'contact closing bar '50 (see Fig.

' 9) is also provided-to close a circuit when either of the numeralkeys'48, 51 or 52 is depressed. Upon the depression of one of the abovekeys it in turn causes an intermediate These cards are actuating member53 to close contacts 54' through which the magnets 20 of the perforatingmachine are energized causing the perforating machine to function. I Theinvention has been shown as applied to a perforating mechanism disclosedin eater detail in thecopendin application of J. T. Schaafi', Serial No.31,980, filed Au st 14,1924.

eference will now. be 'had to Fig. 5, in which is disclosedthe-perforating mechanism above referred to used in conjunction with myinvention. Theperforating mechanism comprises a base 14 and a cardhopper 15 in which is placed a plurality of cards 16.. held down in thehopper by a removable weight. The cards are adapt-ed to be fed forwardlyover the table one at a time by a card feeding knife slidably mountedwithin a longitudinal slot formed in the table of the punch, thelowermost card ofthe stack being carried forwardly into position forpunching by the card carriage 17 In order that the cards may be fedforwardly one at a time from beneath the stack in the ..hopper a pullrod 18 isconnected to the rear end of 'the feeding knife, previouslymentioned. This rod 18 extends longitudinally beneath thetable of thepunch. Above the punch table arranged in a box or container 19 are allof the selector ma ets 20. Each selector magnet is provide with anarmature 21 (see Fig. 6) pivoted at 22. 8 The armature and the O- key 52for the zero but it to be I 21 is provided with a forwardly extendinglever 23.

' The levers 23 overlie vertically movable called interposers' and areindicated at 28.

These interposers are each provided with a notch 29in the upper portionof its forward end so as to permit the ready downward movement of thepunch actuator 30 without encountering the interposer 28.

When any one of the selector magnets has been energized the armature ofsaid magnet will'be attracted and the outer end of the levers 23 will bedepressed, thus forcing down its respective plunger and operating thebell crank 27 attached thereto to shift the corresponding interposers sothat notch:

29 is carried out of the path of the punch actuator 30 which, if thenoperated, would be brought directly into contact with the upper surfaceof the interposer and depress the same.

Each one of the interposers 28 has its for ward end arranged over apunch 34 which is slidably mounted in a bridge piece 31 extendedacrossparallel with the table of the punch located beneath the'bridgepiece 31 but spaced therefrom is a stripper plate 32 which forms anabutment for the lower end of compression spring 33 which normally acts7 to elevate the punch 34. Each punch is provided with a shoulder 35adjacent its upper 3 end' and against which the upper end of the spring33 abuts.

As will be seen 6, the card 16 passes between the stripper plate 32 anda die 32a fitted in the table of the punch. This die is provided with aplurality' of openings 36 "one for each punch which receive and pass thediscs punched out of the card.

The interposers 28* are notches 37 on their under sur aces which arealined with each other when all the inter: posers are in idle position.These notches are arranged to receive a common switch operating bar 38pivoted to ,3. lug 39. The switching bar is normally held in retractedposition by a spring (not shown) which is connected to the machineframe. Contacts 41 are provided which when closed energizeoperatingmagnet 5- ,(Fig. 5) which thereupon attracts its armature 6.The latter, through link 7 rocks the bail 8 on its pivot 9. The bailuponrocking depresses the forward end of the punch actuating bar30 rigidwith the upper arm of the bail. The bar 30 then operates the punchesthrough the interposer barsas above explained. Contacts 41' are from aninspection of Fig.-

rovided with I 2O clockwise to causepunching, asyabove de- Vance theinterposer. Thus the movable contact element 40-is fixed to a-member 42having its forward end provided with a shoulder 44 engaged by the bar38. The member 42 is held seated by a spring 45 in a notch in the bar38. A hook 46 extends from the upper surface of the member which hookthe path of upward movement of a finger 47 n 'dly connected to theactuating bar 30.on;t e side of the pivot 9 opposite the interposerengaging side. When the in ter 0881 is advanced to cause punching. itroc the bar 38 forwardly on its.

bar being in contact with the shoulder 44 of member 42 thereupon movesthe member to' the left (as viewed in Fig. 6). The movable contact 40is; thus moved into engagement with the fixed cooperating contact 40' ofcontacts 41 to effect energization of magnet 5.

en the actuating bar 30 is rocked counterscribed, the finger 47 movesupward and engages hook 46 to move the shoulder 44 out of the way of bar38, permittin the member 42 and its associated contact e ement 40 to "beretracted by a spring (not shown) thereby deenergizmg magnet 5. As theoperation of this perforating machine is fully described in thecopending application of J. T. Schaafi above referred to, it is,therefore, unnecessary for me to go into further detail.

As previously mentioned a typewriting key punch according to theinvention is illustrated in Fig. 1 and by way of example shows a devicewhich may be used as an accessory in connection with perforatingmachines for simultaneously perforating a rec- 0rd with the printing ofa record. The typewriter key punch,-\ however, need not be a separateunit as it-is quite feasible to physically attach it to a perforatingmachjne or 1 assemble it as an integral part thereof when theperforating machine is constructed. Referrin now to Fig. 9 the contacts54, 57 and 92:15 disclosed are mounted in the well known manner on a-shaped plate 55. This plate is in turn pivotally mounted in the frameof the machine b screws 56 in order that the contacts may he moved inanarcuate path. Each of the contacts 54 is mounted directly beneath anactuating member 53 (see Fig.1),

it being understood that there is an actuating member for each numeralkey. The contacts 57 are closed directly by 'a contact closing bar 50;the contacts 92 being. closed automatically when the handle 58 isadjusted to the punching position shown'in Fig. 8. The 1 1 of contacts92 will be hereinafter 'iSSCI'id.

As previously mentioned the contacts 54, 57 and 92 are mounted on aU-shaped plate so that they may be moved in an arcuate path.

To control this movement I provide a handle 58 which is pivoted at 59 tothe frame of the typewriter. Fixed to the lower end of the pivot. The

-in the frame of handle 58 is a link 60 which is connected to a bail 61pivoted to the link at 62 and to the frame of the typewriter at 63. Thisbail 61 governs the downward movement of the ac- 64 to the handle 58 isanother link 65 con'-' nected at 66 to an arm 67 which arm is fixed tothe U-shaped plate 55 (see Fig. 8).

The actuating member 53 is mounted on a shaft 68 and biased by a spring69. This springs pulls the member 53 back into nor mal. position whenreleased by the shutter latch 70.

The shutter latch 70 reaches across the base of the machine and ismounted on a shaft72 which is pivoted at its opposite ends the machine.Fixed with respect to the shutter latch and shaft is the arm 71L Aspring 73'is provided to rotate the shaft in a counterclockwisedirection tending to hold the shutter latch in locking position.

Referring nowto Figs. 2 and 12 the contact bar 50, previously referredto, is connected to arms 7 4. at its opposite ends. These arms arepivotally mounted on the shaft 68 and biased by a spring 76 to normal orupper position.

my invention applied thereto. Assuming that an operator is making outinvoices on the typewriter and wishes to simultaneously control themaking of a perforated record. The bill or sheet of'paper is inserted inthe well own' manner on the platen roll 12, the position of the paperand movement of the typewriter carriage being well known and thereforeunnecessary for me to go into detail. The operator before starting thetyping 0peration will adjust the handle 58 to the position shown in Fig.7 or in other words to the print and punch position 77 shown on theindicating plate 78 (see Fig. 4) which is fixed to the frame of thetypewriter in a convenient manner. The movement of handle 58 throughlink 65 and arm 67 rocks the contacts 54 slightly downward from theposition shown in Fig. 8. The typewriter is now ready for the operatorto manipulate the keys for the printing of the invoice andsimultaneously perforating the record card for tabulating purposes.

It is to be understood that code numbers, as is well known in tabulatinsystems, are used in connection with punching informa tion on the recordcards pertaimng to the names of persons or-commodities, etc. Theoperator depresses the letter keys of the typewriter in the well knownmanner and prints Fig. 1 as previously the customer's name, date, etc.,on the invoice along with the code number. As an example ,we will assumethat John Does name has depresses the contact bar which is been printedon the invoice and that hiscode number is 5; the 5 key being designatedas 79 in Fig. 7. The operator depresses the 5 numeral key which abutsthe surface of the actuating member53 and rocks it downwardly about itspivot 68 closing contacts 54. As will be noted a block of insulation 80is provided on the arm of the actuating member for closing the contacts.The actuating member 53 is restrained from returning to its normalposition by means of a shutter latch 70 previously referred to. In orderto perforate the record card'the operator npw a so moved downwardlyabout its pivot 68. This contact bar-has affixed to one of its arms 74an insulated block 75 for actuating the contacts 57, (see also Fig.2).Assoon as the contacts 57 have been actuated by the contact bar 50, oneof the selecting magnets 20 of the perforating machine is in turnenergized, attracting its armature, and causing a perforation to be madein the desired column on the card. It is to be notedthat immediatelyafter the insula ed block 75 closes the contacts 57 the shoulder 81 ofthe contact bar arm 74 .(see Fig. 7) abuts the surface of the shutterlatch 70 pressing it outwardly sufficiently to allow the actuatingmember 53, through spring 69, to return to its normal positionpermitting contacts 54 to open. The contact bar arm 74 does not itselfbecome latched by the shutter latch 70 as the shoulder 81 cannot bedepressed far enough for this purpose. It

. is obvious that any other information printed on the invoice may belikewise simultaneously perforated on the record card.

Each actuating member 53 is provided its lower end with a projection 85(Fig. 8)

which when the member is moved downward upon actuation, forces the latch70 outwardly until it passes beyond it. Upon the upward movement ofthe-member 53 under the influence of'spring 69, the. projection 85catches on the bottomof the latch 70 and is thereby held from furtherupward movement. In the ordinary operation of the machine for printingand punching a numeral, the punch operating member 50, as hithertoexplained serves to press the la ch outwardly by means of its lug 81.Should the operator, however, print the wrong'numeral on the invoice anddetect it before actuating .punch operating member 50, he may omitactuation of member 50, thus omit ing the. punching-of'said wrongnumeral. The wrong numeral may then be erased from the invoice and thecor? rect numeral key actuated. The projection 85 on the member 53corresponding to the latter key will thereupon force latch 70 outwardlyin the same manner as lug 81 of member 50, releasing lug 85 of thepreviously de pressed member 53 corresponding to the incorrect numeralkey from the latch and permitting the spring 69 to raise the member toinactive position. v

It will be recognized that with my vdevice it is possible for anoperator while typewriting and perforating to print numerals as .well asletters without effecting perforation upon the card in the perforatingmachine. In other words, it may be desired to perforate some of thenumerals and not to perforate others. a This is readily effected byprinting the numerals without depressing the contact bar 50. It is alsopossible to perforate numerals on the card without printing them on thetypewriter as will be hereinafter described. l

Referring now to Fig. 8, the typewriter is shown in position to punchand notv print, or in other words, the handle 58 has been moved forwardto the punch position 82 shown on the indicator plate 78 in Fig. 4. Inthis position it will be noted that the contacts 54 havebeen rockedslightly upward through the same linkage heretofore described inconnection with Fig.7. The numeral keys 48, 51 and 52 of the typewriterare operated in the same manner to simply punch a record card as theyare in connection with the printing and punch operation previouslydescribed, but are limited in their downward movement. Figs. 7 and 8differ in that the downward movement of the actuating member 53 islimited'by the surface 83 of the member 53 abutting the surface 84 ofthe bail'61. It is therefore obvious that the distance of the actuatingme ber 53 islimited and thus limits the movement of any of the numeralkeys so that the type cooperating the depression of a numeral key isadapted to directly effect the operation of the punches without thenecessity of depressing the contact bar 50, as will now be described.

When the handle 58 is moved to the extreme right, as shown in Fig. -8,the machine is adjusted for punching by direct key action wi houtprinting. At one side of the machine is an insulation pin 91 (see Fig.9) which overlies a pair of normally open con- .tacts 92 fixed t0 theplate 56. The movement of handle 58 to the right-t0 punching andnon-printing position, through connecting link 65, oscillates plate 56clockwise about its pivot 56' (as viewed in Figs. 3 and 8). In

this movement, contacts 92 fixed to the plate, also rock clockwise,approaching pin 91. The

upper blade of the contacts engages pin 91 which thereupon presses itinto closed contact with the lower blade. The handle 58- being latchedin aforesaid punchingposition, the plate 56 remains in its advancedclock- Y in the punching and non-printing setup,

punchingdevice.

,writer for the print and no punch across the upper portions of theactuating wise complete the punching circuit. Operation of the numeralkeys se-' lectively closes contacts 54 as hitherto explained. Sincecontacts 92 are already closled t e operation of a key and consequentclosure of contacts 54 will complete the punching cir- Actuation of barThe setting up of the type operation is similar to the previouslydescribed setups. The handle 58 is pulled forward until it reaches theprint position 86 members 53. The arm 90 and hail 106 are pivotallymounted on the shaft 68. The actuposition rocks the to the numeral keysand it also rocks the contacts 54 through link 65 to their maximumdownward position, as disclosed. Thus when a numeral key is depressed itwill effect printing without closing any of the punching circuitcontacts.

According to the Patent No. 1,426,223 issued August 15, 1922, to J. T.Schaafi each time a punch is actuated a lever similar to lever 93 (Fig.6) is rocked downwardly and this controls the feeding, column by columnthrough well known escaping mechanisms. In my present invention I haveshown an extra key 94 (Fig. 9) adapted to close the contacts 95 carriedby the frame of the machine and independent of the mounting of thepreviously described contacts. Depression of key 94 thus energizesaselector magnet 96 (F ig, 10) which through lever 23 and bell crank 27shifts a special interposer bar which has no punch-34 associated withits forward end. This special interposer rests upon bail 93 and rocksthe same in the usual manner causing the card to feed one column foreach depression or to feed a plurality of columns, if the machine is setfor this purpose.

7 Referring now to Fig.10. an illustration ofthe-circuit diagram isdisclosed as comprisshown J of the following ing a plurality of contacts54. Contacts 57 are provided for completing the closure of the circuitwhen the contact bar 50 is depressed. The contacts 92 are similar to thecontacts 57 but are closed automatically when tacts 41 when closed bythe interposers 28. The energization of magnet 98 causes the perforatingmachine to function... Presuming that a numeral key hasv been depressedclosing one of the contacts 54 and that the contact bar 50 has likewisebeen depressed closing contacts 57, a circuit will be established asfollows: from the positive side of the line 99 through resistance 100,magnet 20,

sponding contacts 54, wire 101, contacts 57,

wire 102 and back to the negative side of the line. Simultaneously withthe above the following circuit is established through the 7 throughresistance 103, magnet 98, contacts 41 and back to the negative side ofthe line. When the typewriter is set up to simply punch and the handle58 has been adjusted to this position, the contacts 92 as previously thehandle 58 is ad usted to the punch position of contacts 92 the magnet 98is also eneromissions and substitutions and changes in and in itsoperation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing fromthe spirit of the invention. I intend to be limited therefore onlyclaims:

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine of the class described, a

as indicated by the scope plurality of printing elements, means forindividually selecting said printing elements, plurality of punchingelements also indi vidually selected by ,said printing selecting meansto efi'ect punching corresponding to the printing elements selected andmeans controlled independently of the selecting means effective toactuate a selected punch only before the next printing and punchingselec:

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2. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of' printingelements, selecting means therefor, a plurality of punching elementsalso selected by said selecting means toeffect punching corresponding tothe printing elementsselected and means for suppressing printing topermit the selecting means. to efiect punching alone.

3. In a machine of-the class described for perforating record cards, aplurality of printing elements and associated punches,- means forselecting thepunches for-operation on operation of their correspondingprinting elements and means controlled independently of the selectingmeans for succes- ,sively operating the selected punches to eration, I

means controlled by said selecting means for means therefor,

' selecting the punch said record card.

4. In a ma'chineof the class described, a plurality of printing elementsand associated electrically operated punches, means for selecting theprinting elements for op; a control circuit for each punch,

controlcircuits and means con trolled independently of the selectingmeans for efiecting energization of the selected, circuits. y

5. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of. printingelements, selectmg ments also selected by said selecting means to effectpunching corresponding to the printing elements selected, means forselectively suppressing punching or printing to permit the selectingmeans alone or punching alone. 1

6. In a machine of the class described, printing elements, selectingmeans therefdr, perforating elements, means controlled liy saidselecting means for selecting one of said perforating elements foroperation, means to effect printing I for actuating a selectedperforating element subsequent to the selecting operation and meanscontrolled by the selecting means for the rinting elements for releasinga selected per orating element Without effecting punchmachine, printingelements, selecting means therefor, perforating elements, separateelectric circuits foroperating said perforating elements, said circuitsincluding contacts adapted to be closed by said selectmg adapted to beseparately closed and means operated independently of said selectingmeans for momentarily closing said last named contacts to complete theoperating. circuit for the selected punches, said latter contacts beingautomatically reopened after the punching operation. I 8. In a combinedtypewritenand perforatmg machine, printing elements, selecting aplurality of punching ele-' Ina combinedtypewriter and perforatelementsand normally open, contacts' means therefor, perforating elements,separate electric circuits for operating said perforating elements, saidcircuits including contacts adapted to be closed by said selectingelements and contacts adapted to be sep-" arately closed and meansoperated independently of the selecting means for closin said last namedcontacts'after closure of sai first named contacts,said last closedcontacts being automatically reopened after a punching operation.

9. In a combined typewriter and perforating machine, printing elements,selecting means therefor, perforating elements, separate electriccircuits for controlling said perforating elements, said circuitsincluding contacts adapted to be closed by said selectj ing elements andnormally open contacts adapted to be separately closed, means ,forclosing said last named contacts after closure of said first namedcontacts, said last closed contacts being automatically reopened afteran operation of said last named means,

and means for at will maintaining said second named contacts closedthroughout operation of the machine.

10. In a machine of the class described, a

printing device, a perforating device, selecting means for controllingsaid printing and means for feeding a recperforating devices,

ord upon each printing and perforating opei;ation and means forcontrolling saidrecfeed a record at times other than when a printing andperforating ord feeding means to operation is effected.

11. In a machine, of the class described,

printing elements, perforating elements to punch a record sheet,selecting means for said printing elements, 'punch controlmeans acsaidactuating means for selectively controlhug the operation of saidpunching elements,

means combining with said ing elements, means forselectively actuatingthe printing elements, means controlled by said last named meansincluding a plurality of electric contacts, a common supporting memberfor said contacts and means for moving said supporting member forcontrolling the cooperation between said printing and punching elements.

. 13. In a combined typewriter and record punching machine wherein therecord is fed step by I step, printing elements, selecting meanstherefor, punching means controlled ments, and means whereby failure toactuate said punch operating means before the next selection releasesthe prior selected punching element without effecting punching.

15. A combined typewriter and record perforating machine comprisingprinting elements, selecting means therefor, perforating elementscontrolled by said selecting means to operate in accordance with theprinting elements selected, and means actuated by a selecting operationof said selecting means for returning to original condition a priorselected perforating element without effecting punching.

16. In a machine of the class described, a plurality of printingelements, selecting means therefor, a plurality of punching elementsalso selected by said selecting means to effect punching correspondingto the print ing elements selected. means independent of the selectingmeans for successively operating the selected punches, and means forrendering ineffective the punch operating means to operate any selectedpunch.

17. A machine comprising printing elements, operating means therefor,perforaning elements selected by operations of the printing elements toeffect a plurality of per forating operations on a record cardcorresponding to the printing operations effected, and means forselectively and individually cancelling selection of any of the punchessubsequent to complete operation of their corresponding printingelements.

18. A perforating machine comprising punches, control members therefor,keys for actuating the control members to select the punches foroperation, means for latching a control member in actuated positionwhile permitting its associated key to return to idle position, and adevice for operating the selected punch under control of the latchedcontrol member effective only before the next key operation, said devicebeing provided With means to unlatch the control member after thepunching operation.

19. In a record punching machine wherein the record is fed step by stepfor successive punching operations thereon, punches, se-

21. A perforating machine comprising perforating elements, a controldevice for each perforating element, dcpressible members for selectivelyactuating said control devices, means for latching a control device incontrol position after an operation thereof while permitting itsoperating key to return to idle position, and means adapted to beoperated after said latter key has returned to idle position foreffecting operation of the selected punch under control of said latchedcontrol device, said last-mentioned means being effective only beforethe next key oper ation.

22. In a combined typewriter and punch, print-ing elements, perforatingelements, a plurality of selecting members for ointly selectingperforating and printing elements, and a member manually operated aftersaid selecting members have been operated for effecting operation of theselected punches, said manually operated member being effective onlyafter each individual selecting operation.

23. In a combined typewriter and punch, printing elements, perforatingelements,

keys for effecting a common selection of said printing and perforatingelements, and means controlled independently of said keys for actuatingthe selected perforating elements, said means being effective only inthe intervals between successive individual operations of the keys.

24. In a combined typewriter and punch, printing elements, perforatingelements, keys for effecting common selection of said printing andperforating elements, and means manually operable after a key has beenoperated and returned to idle position for operating the punch selectedby said key, said means being effective only before the next operationof the latter key or any of the other keys.

25. A perforating machine comprising punches, keys for selecting saidpunches, and means operated and controlled bet-ween successive keyoperations independently of said keys effective to cause operation of apunch selected by a key only in the intervals between successiveindividual key operations.

26. A perforating machine comprising punches, keys for selecting saidpunches, and

manual means independent of the keys effective for operating the punchesonly between successive individual key operations.

27. In a combined typewriter and punch, printing elements, punchingelements, common selecting means for said printing and punchingelements, and a device manually controlled independently of saidselecting means effective for operating said punches only after eachindividual selecting operation.

9.8. In a combined typewriter and punch, printing elements, punchingelements, man-' ually operable common selecting means for said printingand punching elements, and a manually operable means operatingindependently of said selecting means effective for operating saidpunches only after each individual selection.

29. In a machine for operating on records, a punching device and membersselectively operable either for selecting said punching device onlyforsubsequent operation or to jointly select and cause operation of thepunching device.

30. In a machine for operating on records wherein means are provided tofeed the card step by step relative to the punches, a punching elementand members separately, manually, successively operated to causeoperation of said punching element and to cause said feeding means tothereafter feed the card a step further under said punching element.

31. In a machine for operating on records, punching elements, means forselecting said punching elements for operation, and a mem ber operatedindependently of the punch selecting means and automatically returnableto initial position for successively o erating said elements afterselection thereo by said selecting mean-s.

32. In a machine for operating on a. record, punches for successivelyperforating said rec- 0rd, means for successively selecting said punchesfor operation, means controlled independently of the selecting means forsuccessively operating the selected punches, and

means for maintaining the selection of a punch in effect until saidoperating means has been actuated.

33. In a machine for operating on a record, punches for successivelyperforating said record, means for successively selecting any of saidpunches for operation, means controlled independently of the selectingmeans for successively operating the selected punches, and meansactuated by said selecting means for maintaining the selection of apunch in effect until the operating means has been actuated.

34. In a machine for operating on a record, punches, selecting meanstherefor automatically returnable to initial position after operationthereof, and manual means for successively operating the selectedpunches after said selecting means has been operated and returned toinitial position.

35. A machine for operating on records, comprising punching elements,circuits for effecting operation of the elements, selecting means forthe punch circuits adapted to selectively close contacts in saidcircuits, and means for completing the selected circuits includingcontacts in series in'said circuit, a carrier for one of said contactsand means automatically returnable to initial position for engaging andoperating said contact carrier to close the last named contacts andcomplete the selected punch circuits.

In testimony whereof, I hereto affix my signature.

JAMES W. BRYCE.

